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Physician / FIRST EDITION

Erica R. Thaler, MD

Director, General Otorhinolaryngology; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs

Penn Medicine / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Areas of workComprehensive ENTOutpatient practiceFaculty affairs

The work behind the name.

Dr. Erica Thaler directs general otorhinolaryngology and the outpatient surgical practices at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as vice chair for faculty affairs and assistant dean. Her academic work includes a 2026 article on comprehensive otolaryngologists. She studied politics at Princeton before earning her medical degree at Harvard.

WHY FOLLOW

She leads Penn’s general ENT division and outpatient surgical practices while serving in faculty leadership.

PROFILE SOURCES
1. pennmedicine.org ↗2. med.upenn.edu ↗

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